BACKGROUND Limited health worker capacity and ineffective learning environments hinder optimal service delivery across primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Kano State, Nigeria. Conventional training approaches that are often classroom-based, didactic, costly, and...
The Zambian government is committed to improving the availability of quality but affordable health care for the Zambian people. However, severe shortages of human capital in the health system have persisted for over twenty years—denying millions of people access to...
Effective interventions to identify and reach underserved villages with immunization services BACKGROUND Beginning in November 2020, CHAI Uganda’s vaccines team set out to help the government address challenges with routine immunization service delivery and improve...
Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, people around the globe turn off their lights for one hour to raise awareness of the issues challenging our environment. It’s a way to show how small changes can catalyze transformation on a global scale. CHAI is...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, claiming three lives every minute. South Africa ranks eighth amongst the top 30 high-TB burden countries, accounting for three percent of all TB cases worldwide. South Africa is one of 10 countries that...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, next to COVID-19 worldwide. People who become sick with TB are living with the active form of the disease, however, many people may be infected with TB and not know it. Treating...
Effective interventions to increase routine immunization uptake in health facilities BACKGROUND In November 2020, CHAI Uganda’s vaccines team set out to help the government address challenges with routine immunization service delivery and improve equity across 14...
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. Please tell us a bit about your background and what brought you to CHAI. I am a medical doctor with postgraduate training in health economics. My interest is in...
How take-home-rations are facilitating a nutrition revolution in Madhya Pradesh With her infant daughter in tow, Narmada walks down to the Anganwadi Center at the edge of her village in northern Madhya Pradesh (MP). It is a hot summer day and the girl, 18-month-old...
One community-led solution, brought to life by like-minded stakeholders, is showing great promise in arresting malnutrition rates, by providing access to safe drinking water in Madhya Pradesh. But how and what’s next? A small village in the water-scarce tribal...
